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Our XJR hit its second service interval (20K) just before we were scheduled to return it to Jaguar. In addition to the regular service, the dealer checked a bothersome supercharger bearing-type noise as well as a fuel-level indicator not relaying correct information after fill-ups and noisy brakes (again). We took the Jaguar to a different dealer who replaced two defective fuel-pump/sending units, performed the scheduled 20,000-mile service, and replaced the worn rear brake pads. The brakes ran $400, and the supercharger noise was pronounced normal. Despite our concern over the latter, the XJR continues to make new fans. “Truth be told,” said one editor, “I’ve never been a Jaguar fan. They represent a stodgy, somewhat bulky and clumsy, old-duffer’s car gasping to be a throwback to racing Jags of the past. The new alloy XJ changes all that. Refinement, muscle, edge, and fun are now words that come to mind with the new cat.”

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2004 Jaguar XJ-Series News and Reviews

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Our XJR hit its second service interval (20K) just before we were scheduled to return it to Jaguar. In addition to the regular service, the dealer checked a bothersome supercharger bearing-type noise as well as a fuel-level indicator not relaying correct information after fill-ups and noisy brakes (again). We took the Jaguar to a different dealer who replaced two defective…

Being 10 horsepower shy of the 400 is nothing to complain about--and we're not going to. But with the competition moving toward 500, it would seem the XJR's blown 4.2-liter V-8 would be better suited as the standard XJ, allowing the XJR to be something more. "This is a comfortable, fast, old-fashioned sedan that's 100 horsepower and a decade short…